Bariloche (Arg) to Cochamo (Ch)

We spent Christmas in Bariloche, where we'd rented a cabin just outside of town. It sits on Lake Nahuel Huapi and is surrounded by mountains. Despite being the middle of summer, the town felt quite Christmassy and we added some token decorations in the cabin too. Chrismas dinner itself was pizza, special request from the …

Thoughts on Argentina

I could just say it was amazing and we loved it and leave it at that, but nah I'll bore you with all the thoughts. Once finally through on our second attempt, and after 9 hours getting over the border we were in. It was also dark and we needed to pull up and sleep …

Trelew to Bariloche

Turning our backs to the Atlantic, we started making our way inland to cut back across Argentina to the Andes. We were aiming to get to Bariloche for Christmas, so we had around a week to play with. The country narrows the further south you go, so it wasn't quite as long a cross country …

Mendoza to the Atlantic Coast, with a slight delay….

It's been a little while since our last post, when we were getting ready to leave Mendoza. For once, we had a pretty good idea of where we were going and when we hoped to be there, geared around reaching Bariloche by Christmas. We set off from Mendoza to the south on Ruta 40, with …

Uspallata to Mendoza, via the National Parks

We stayed in Uspallata for a few days, as the Zonda winds we were warned about blew down from the Andes making it pretty unpleasant to be outside. A main power line got taken out, meaning the town was without electricity for 24 hours, denying us of the internet and tv in the cabin we'd …

San Pedro de Atacama (Ch) to Uspallata (Arg)

It's been a funny couple of weeks.... plans have evolved and adapted, but that's the nature of travel. We're lucky in that we have the time and flexibility to accept that some things are outside of our control and nothing is set in stone. Despite not being where we thought we'd be, it's been a …

Summary of North Chile

With never having been to Chile (or any of South America) before, I wanted to summarize how we'd found our initial time in the north of the country. We've spent just over two months here in total but 3 weeks of that in Santiago. Talking to people and reading things online, many feel the city …

Bahia Inglesa to San Pedro de Atacama

We've travelled nearly 1,000 km since our last post, at first along the coast and then across the Atacama Desert. The landscapes and views have continued to impress and we've had an amazing couple of weeks. We were a little bit sad to be saying goodbye to the Pacific Coast though, with its sandy beaches …

Travelling with Children

Just as a background for anyone that doesn't know us, we are travelling with a 3 and a 5 (turning 6 this weekend) year old. Oakley is in her last year before she starts school. Felix started at school, completed Reception, and is being home schooled for Year One. They are both still small and …

North from Santiago

It felt good leaving Santiago behind us, four weeks to the day after we flew in. Loaded up on food and with a full tank of gas, we were setting of into the unknown with just a rough plan to head north and out to the coast. The kids are normally good in the car, …